All posts categorized with Energy

(Natural News) In a frightening leap towards tyranny, North Dakota Republicans have introduced a series of bills that observers say are directly aimed at impinging upon the First Amendment rights of protestors, including those that have been congregating for months at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation where the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is set […]

(Natural News) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was founded in 1970, is now considered a rogue agency which has outlived its purpose. A federal judge has denounced the EPA, which should be dismantled and replaced. EPA administrator Gina McCarthy was sued in 2014 by Murray Energy Corporation and its affiliates, alleging that the […]

(Natural News) In what appears to be a thinly-veiled slap in the face to President-Elect Donald Trump, who’s made it clear that he supports expanded domestic energy production, outgoing President Barack Obama has once again decided to seize land in the United States and place it under the jurisdiction of the federal government, effectively rendering it […]

(Natural News) One of the most popular talking points when it comes to American politics and economics is the environment. Considering the fact that the earth will eventually run out of natural resources — despite the fact that it is often disputed how long that will take — it is extremely important that renewable energy […]

(Natural News) Scientists in South Korea have reportedly made a breakthrough toward harnessing an unlimited source of safe and clean energy via nuclear fusion. The Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) reactor apparently set a world’s record recently by holding superheated plasma in a steady state for 70 seconds. If implemented into widespread use, the […]

(Natural News) An animated earthquake map video produced by the U.S. NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) shows every recorded earthquake between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2015, – the first 15 years of the 21st century. The amazing and somewhat terrifying animation proceeds at a rate of 30 days per second, and reveals […]

(Natural News) They say that everything is bigger in Texas and they are usually correct about that. Normally, that statement is meant in the purest form and that is the case once again in regards to this story. An oil and gas deposit in the Midland Basin region of the Permian Basin in Texas has been […]

(Natural News) Credit Suisse has been making headlines recently, but for all the wrong reasons. If funding the Dakota Access Pipeline wasn’t enough reason to dislike the bank, how about their involvement in 2 additional massive monopoly makers? The food and energy markets have huge mergers which will allow the corporations to dominate at our […]

(Natural News) In July, The Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the 1,100-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. This filled many major banks executives with joy, getting the green light for the construction of the pipeline to begin — but not so fast. The communities in the path of the pipeline, particularly local tribes, are […]

(Natural News) Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. The process requires drilling down into the earth then using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals that are injected into the rock at high pressure. This allows the gas to flow up to the […]